Packed arena affects team, says Egypt coach Mohamed

Peru coach Natalia Málaga: “I am not that pleased with tonight’s results and we were not sure about the opponent’s game. I am confident that we will improve in the following days and we will work on some mistakes we made such as in reception and spikes. The girls know that they always have to do their best in every match but I think they were not at their best because it was the first match of the competition.”

Peru captain Clarivett Yllescas: “We are pleased with tonight’s results but we are aware that we made several unnecessary mistakes. We will work harder to change this in the upcoming matches.”

Peru spiker Vivian Baella: "We hope to do better tomorrow. We know that we still have to work on some mistakes we made.”

Egypt coach Ahmed Mohamed: “We expect to do better than this. The atmosphere tonight was a disadvantage for us. We hope to get used to that much spectators cheering in the match."

Egypt captain Yasmin Hussein: “We tried our best to win the match, but what we did tonight was not all we have. We will show how better we can do in the next match.”